MEANING
Relating to or involving two or more nations, especially in comparisons or relationships between them.
Use it for
describing a study that compares national contexts; analyzing similarities and differences across countries; distinguishing national comparisons from within-country comparisonsSpecifies comparison or relationships across nations without assuming a single international process or equivalent national contexts. Academic functions: Comparison / Contrast.
Words that belong together
- cross-national comparison
- cross-national research
- cross-national variation
On the page
Cross-national comparison requires attention to differences in how qualifications are classified.
The study examines cross-national variation without assuming that national averages describe every region.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- cross-national
Usage notes
Usually before a noun. Crossnational is a variant; no ordinary comparative/superlative. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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